The empirical analysis provides evidence that the occurrence of droughts does not increase the likelihood of conflicts between herders in parts of the country where Muslim herders face a predominantly Muslim sedentary population. Where the potential for interreligious tensions exists (i.e., in predominantly Christian parts of Nigeria), more violent conflicts occur regardless of climate change
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-climate-exacerbates-religious-conflicts.html

Climate change exacerbates religious conflicts, study indicates
Climate change is contributing to the escalation of existing local conflicts in Africa. A new WZB study by Ruud Koopmans, Daniel Meierrieks, and Daniel Tuki uses the example of pastoralist conflict between nomadic herders (mainly Muslim Fulani) and sedentary farmers in Nigeria to show how droughts triggered by climate change exacerbate existing religious conflicts.









